[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1490-1: important: Security update for Chromium

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for Chromium

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1490-1

Rating: important

References: #982719

Cross-References: CVE-2016-1696 CVE-2016-1697 CVE-2016-1698

CVE-2016-1699 CVE-2016-1700 CVE-2016-1701

CVE-2016-1702 CVE-2016-1703

Affected Products:

SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

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An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

Chromium was updated to 51.0.2704.79 to fix a number of security issues.

[boo#982719]

 

- CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings

- CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink

- CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings

- CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools

- CVE-2016-1700: Use-after-free in Extensions

- CVE-2016-1701: Use-after-free in Autofill

- CVE-2016-1702: Out-of-bounds read in Skia

- CVE-2016-1703: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other

initiatives

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

 

zypper in -t patch 5171=1

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (x86_64):

 

chromedriver-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromedriver-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromium-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromium-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromium-debugsource-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromium-desktop-gnome-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromium-desktop-kde-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromium-ffmpegsumo-51.0.2704.79-81.1

chromium-ffmpegsumo-debuginfo-51.0.2704.79-81.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1696.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1697.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1698.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1699.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1700.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1701.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1702.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1703.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/982719

 

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